They were waiting in the alley across from the building they'd spent the night in, and it was silent. They'd been waiting for ten minutes now, and there hadn't been a sound made in all that time. Suddenly Korra caught the sound of rubble moving, the men had gotten into the room they had stayed in. But after a few second it was once more silent.

"Do you think she'd okay?" Bolin asked in a loud whisper from where he was crouching. Both Bolin and Mako were trying to tuck themselves behind garbage cans, but they were both well built guys.

"I'm sure she's fine, just waiting." Korra said with a smile, and the funny thing was she believed it.

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Inside the building was starting to get hot, Asami knew that the men were armed and she needed to get them to where she had the advantage; meaning she needed them to be in the third room on the second floor. The men were being a little to thorough for Asami's liking, and the closet she was hiding in was starting to feel like an oven.

The floor creaked and Asami's put more tension on the crouch she was in. She heard them come into the room, they were walking around checking…..they were coming to the closet. Asami closed her eyes…1….2….3.. Asami burst out of the closet and grabbed the first man and flipped him into the second. They flew to the floor, and hit a weak spot, and the floor crashed under them sending them down.

Asami stood slightly surprised, that had worked even better than planned. She knew that the floor in this room was the most unstable, she'd had a good look around last night for just this reason. However she hadn't planned on the floor completely caving in and trapping her in front of the closet. Asami looked around, there wasn't anything in the room to help her; but there was a window and if she jumped she could easily reach it.

Asami moved to the edge and used every bit of her legs strength and shot forward, nearly forcing herself out of the window. She was hanging out of the window, her legs dangling inside while her arms grabbed outside; but she was a little stuck. Footsteps echoed and Asami froze, till she noticed the brown pony tail waving underneath her. "Korra!" Asami called out in a loud whisper.

Blue eyes peered up and Asami heard Korra holding back a laugh. "Spirits I was so worried! And here you are just hanging around." She said and Asami rolled her eyes and Korra burst into laughter.

"Yes yes very funny but this window hurts, and I bruise easily." Asami said and then she slipped a little, her fingers were losing their grip and the window creaked with her weight. "And I'm about to fall two stories onto a pile of not so soft looking wood, glass, and piping." Asami said getting a little panicked as she slipped more.

"Can't have you dying now, kind of like having you around." Korra said and suddenly there was solid earth under Asami's feet. "Let go and don't worry, I've got you." Korra said gently and asami listened. She was lifted so she could sit in the window. "Now jump, and don't worry I'll catch you." Korra said holding her arms out, Asami swallowed and pushed herself forward.

The ground was rushing up and then, she was floating, and then Korra was holding her. Korra set her down and Asami blushed as she realized how close they'd gotten. "See told you I had you. Now what happened?" Korra asked quickly as the guys came running over.

"Two guys inside, their both dead." Bolin said huffing and looking at Asami impressed. Asami's expression turned a little cold and she turned away from the others and started walking.

"Come on. More of them will be here soon. I said I would take care of it and I did. I know somewhere we can hide till you're ready to do whatever." Asami said not bothering to turn around, she could hear them following her.

"Hold up you could have at least tried to not kill them! I mean everyone deserves a chance to live!" Korra said jogging and falling in step with Asami.

Asami stopped and looked at Korra carefully. "1 I didn't mean to kill them, I knew the floor would cave but I didn't know it would be that bad. And 2 they would have killed me, or you or Mako, or Bolin. All I did was fight back." Asami said gently then turned away so Korra wouldn't see how tears collected in her eyes.

Korra watched Asami and felt a tugging in her…..her head? She felt a sadness so deep, an anguish over something….but what? Korra's instincts forced her legs to move, and she reached for Asami's shoulder. She didn't know this girl, all she knew was her name. They'd met only the day before, but she felt like she'd had known this woman her entire life.

There was a familerness in the way Asami spoke, her movements; it was like from a dream Korra had. Korra's hand on Asami's shoulder made her stop, Korra turned Asami not really sure what she was doing; but she just had this feeling she needed to do this. Korra wasn't prepared to see the green eyes of the tall beautiful woman filled with tears. Without hesitation she pulled Asami in and held her.

It should have felt awkward, after all they didn't really know one another. But it felt right and natural, and it was almost as though Korra had done this before. There was a niggling in her mind, a slight pain like something was trying to break through; but it was weak and Korra ignored it.

Asami slipped into Korra's grasp and leaned into the warmth of her body with ease. She remembered this, the warmth of Korra. She smelled the same too, like snow and pine needles. Asami didn't cry, but she let Korra hold her and she relished the feeling of Korra against her. Korra pulled away to soon for Asami's liking, but she didn't say anything; after all Korra still didn't know who she was.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have got so feisty." Korra said softly, Asami shook her head.

"It's okay, and thanks I need that." Asami said just as softly. Korra smiled and they went on their way. But in the back of Asami's mind she began to wonder if she'd ever have Korra back….and worse yet she was beginning to wonder if she wanted the Korra from when she was eight…..or if she'd rather have a new kind of relationship with Korra instead.